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Full scale war breaks out - Peace reached with 4.5hrs to go, (January 2017)

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BR
Brekkie
Really don't see any class in doing that - fine during studio action or the ads, but to do so during live sport is abusing their position as rights holder to the event IMO.
DV
dvboy
Sky are telling customers it does include Quest



JA
JAS84
Really don't see any class in doing that - fine during studio action or the ads, but to do so during live sport is abusing their position as rights holder to the event IMO.

Especially when it's obstructing the score graphics.


Ooh, that's a thought, are any of the channels Sky exclusive, and therefore now scheduled to be axed as a result of this?
RE
Rex
dvboy posted:
Sky are telling customers it does include Quest




Hmm....

No surprise that all Discovery channels will get pulled off Sky, but Quest won't suffer much of a ratings slump thanks to the obvious Freeview slot it's got. Same can't be said for the rest of the Discovery channels, where limited availability will drag down the overall reach.
DV
dvboy
JAS84 posted:
Ooh, that's a thought, are any of the channels Sky exclusive, and therefore now scheduled to be axed as a result of this?


TLC +2 is a Sky exclusive according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Discovery_Networks_UK
DV
dvboy
Really don't see any class in doing that - fine during studio action or the ads, but to do so during live sport is abusing their position as rights holder to the event IMO.


To be fair, it wasn't live, and they put tickers over live coverage with scores from other matches, or to direct people to the other channel when a match starts there.
BR
Brekkie
That's information related to the sport they're watching though, not throwing a tantrum about their issues with Sky.
DV
dvboy
Agreed.

Not seen anything on any of Discovery's other channels yet.

edit: think I just caught the end of a ticker on Discovery History as I flick through.
BR
Brekkie
I do think Sky plugging Sky Sports Mix just highlights the conflict of interest between being a channels platform and a channel provider.
DV
dvboy
I do think Sky plugging Sky Sports Mix just highlights the conflict of interest between being a channels platform and a channel provider.


No comfort to fans of the sports shown on Eurosport when Discovery will still hold the rights to all of them, hardly a like for like replacement.
JA
JAS84
dvboy posted:
JAS84 posted:
Ooh, that's a thought, are any of the channels Sky exclusive, and therefore now scheduled to be axed as a result of this?


TLC +2 is a Sky exclusive according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Discovery_Networks_UK

Just a +2 channel? Wow, thought for sure they wouldn't all be on cable.
DJ
DJGM
AJ posted:

I suspect that services like TV Player will do well out of this. They carry most of the Discovery channels
along with Eurosport 1 & 2 for a fiver a month, and the Amazon Fire TV app works a treat.


I've wondered about the legalities of TV Player. (Although this is perhaps worthy of its own thread). Do the various broadcasters whose channels are available on TV Player, licence the rights for 3rd party streaming of their channels to the owners of TV Player, or do they legally take a dim view like a number of major broadcasters did with regards to TV Catchup a few years ago.

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